The Family Circle

New Zealand Tablet, 14 April 1921, Page 45

The Family Circle

?’ ■ ■ ■• '■ 0 —— };.: 4. ; ■y;:y-:r- ---~" -'i>* fill 11 y, , >'V'l- j V.'ii,! jr-' : --. - «?-<- .'i '■- ,~ - KEEP TO THE RIGHT. . - When.' travelling Life’s highway,'; don’t j hustle another, There’s plenty : of : room on the pathway for all; By J minding * the • rule you will not : cause a brother., ~ w . To slip off the edge and most; probably fall. ; " The crowds that r rush past you full ] often i may try you , _ And make you feel yours is a.pitiful plight; f' But stick to this rule as* they hurrying pass you, You’ll not go far : wrong if you; “Keep to the right.” ; If tempted and tried almost past your endurance To turn from the right to some easier way; If some careless soul seeks to give you assurance J That you will succeed if you only will stray; . Just think of those poor souls who listened and heeded And found themselves soon in a desperate plight, And point to the warning (you know it is needed), The warning that bids you ; to “Keep to the right.” By minding this rule you will- keep out of danger And help other ; travellers well on their way; To remorse and regret you will then be a stranger, And joy will be yoilrs at the end of each day. You never will find yourself in a dark byway, r . ? & Forlorn and disheartened and seeking for light ‘ If you will give heed to this rule of Life’s highway, •; . And always remember to “Keep to the ; right.” , \ t / ■ PERSONAL EXAMPLE. The strongest, most influential sermon that can be preached is that of personal example. More eloquent ’ than words neatly phrased . and aptly used are the ] deeds of men and women -performed in sincerity , and in accordance with the teachings of Our Lord. When sermons fail to reach the heart -of the hearer, , the virtuous life of ?a:- Catholic not only edifies but,: brings - conviction to i any fair-minded man of truth of the , Church’s teachings and the , value of her ideals in the up-building of character. r - CONDUCT IN CHURCH. :t I• ’ The church is , the house - of. God. It is an edifice dedicated to the worship of the Most High and sanctified by the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacra- = ment. It is, therefore, a place where not only respect and reverence must be shown, but .where humility and . : meekness should be the predominating influences of , ; the heart. . There ■ should be no jostling for places -as & is now and again seen outside a confessional. There. , should be no -talking, whispering, noise, disturbance, v or any kind of misdemeanor, and a devotional bearing ; should be manifested; by all; Gazing about; greeting acquaintances, ’ holding, conversation with them, endeavoring to attract attention,-]br doing anything unbecoming or that will cause distraction is entirely out of place. Persons: unbecomingly dressed 1 give scandal everywhere, , but i in .church * they add to their guilt r the flagrant disrespect for r God’s holy temple and its wor- : shippers. p P*7*V:'' t/JV-V.K '} . ■ “i:"- —' ‘ "* ‘1 : m • •' ' ’ l T yr \4 C ■ V:- ■ pD rv : WAITING. ;, - . • I thought it was my daddy, but ’twas only my daddy’s hat! All day the little one had longed for her father ,'s and now in the evening she stood watching at the gate. Two glad eyes welcomed a man who ' . turned down the road, but when he drew - near, alas" : for the little heart! ;; . - Pathetic even as this the seeming approach of many a Joy, though we have waited until the evening. s' How many of us; stand at the gate of ‘ our years looking down the dear road we shall travel no more, watching for faces that have passed beyond the land and ‘ sea. And for us who wait, how brightly dawns the -Easter, promising that out beyond a ridge of lilies lies : ' an open Heaven, where all that is real, all that is last- « ing, and all that we want will be ours! ,,; '? f ' - I:: . 'MI. ;r"aaclc. 's&tj&iiS

' ~ ,Ti l TrrT,7f.7.Tr ,7V i, »' c THE ROSARY. ; Not on the lute, nor harp of many -a strings Shall < all men praise the Master of all song. Our life is brief, one saith, and art is long . I , And % skilled" must be i the laureates of things ! ' % Silent, O lips that utter foolish things ! fs": Rest, ; awkward fingers striking - all I notes : wrong !r%] How from your toil shall issue, white and strong, Music like that God’s chosen poet sings ??'t' There is one harp that any hand can play, And. from its strings what j harmonies f arise! There is one song that any mouth can say, — A; song that lingers? when all singing dies, When on their beads our Mother’s children pray fi; Immortal music charms the grateful skies. ||= I —Joyce Kilmer. ]l "r ■ GOOD NEIGHBORS. " -<v An elderly man whose opinion is considered worth something in the community was asked the other day what he thought were proper attributes of “the people next door.” u- -' “ And he said: ; ’ . “I’ve been living here for ; nearly forty years.. Folks on either side of us - have come and gone. i The people I like best for neighbors are those who do these things: They keep the place nice, and clean, favor repainting once in a while; hang out the. washing every Monday morning; Tuesday is ironing day. - “They’ll lend their lawn-mower if you’ll bring it back. They’ll do the same with a pinch of salt or an egg or a cup of flour. They will go out of their way to do. you a favor. They keep the garbage can covered and keep the chickens in their yard and not in ours. They are not too curious about who comes and goes at our house. They mind their own business, ■an excellent trait. 3 : •' “

“What the grocer brings in or the laundryman carries out doesn’t interest them. ; They are not snoopy. If, once in a ? while, there’s a good' deal of noise at our house, ; they don’t telephone that they are about to call the police. They are"appreciative; kindlyf companionable, neighborly, -- - .• . “They live as nearly by the Golden Rule (j as f is humanly possible, I guess. And that being so we do the same. It is a good plan; don’t stone your neighbor’s dog; it induces likelihood that he will stone yours.” , '? | : v'; 2 ...1,/- .. Seems as: if the wise old .-gentleman, preached t . a pretty good-sized sermon, and .. in ; not : so ; many words' either. f" yA ' ’ , ifa'l .; CAN YOU ANSWER ? Where can a man buy a cap for his knee, ; ~- Or a key to the lock of his hair? it *vS Can his ©yes be called an academy. Because there are pupils there? " ■ . In v the crown of I his head - f What gems : are found"-? - • Who ‘ travels i the | bridge of * his nose? - Can he use, when shingling the roof : of . his house. , The nails on the end of his toes?Can the I crook of his elbow be sent to gaol? If so, what did he do? e How does he sharpen his shoulder blades? .TBSS:-®. • I’ll be hanged if I know, do you ? 1 Can he sit in the shade of . the palm of' his hand ?i3v Or beat on the drum of his ear? OTiril. s Does' the calf ;of his leg eat the corn on his v toes? jr. If; so, why not grow corn on the ear? te#'■s•&: nc-y . - - ■ s.l A . LANGUAGE PUZZLE. ----- s.. There was a notice; in the , barber’s" shop window , reading: “Boots Blacked Inside.’’ A pedestrian halted, read and re-read the notice, then opened the door and said: VI; : v QSmmmi

“That ought to be shoes. Not one man in fifty wears boots in the summer.” The barber didn’t ; say £ anything, but, after due reflection, concluded that the man was right, and so changed the notice to read: “Shoes Blacked Inside.” 'N.i* i T _ t • f 4, ... . %*r - -#*i‘ <•.

He had scarcely put.'it up when the same man came along and said ; ‘ - - “No one wants the inside of his shoes blacked. We pay to have the shine on the outside.” ‘ : H The barber puzzled over it for a while, and realised that the . man was .right again, and next day the notice was replaced by one reading > “The outside of shoes blacked inside.” “That’s -perfectly correct,” said the fault-finder as he came along in the afternoon. “Never, give yourself away on the English language.”, .. ' ; y yyy/ SEE-SAW. : y . “How’s this ?. You promised to saw some wood if, I gave you some dinner.” ,/ ;rt .:/. , “I recall no such promise, madam. ; “The idea! - I told you I’d give you some dinner , if you’d saw some wood, and you , agreed.” . , - “Pardon me, madam. Your exact words were, * I’ll give you some dinner, .if you saw that wood over there by the gate.’ ” - . " “Exactly; that’s just what I said.” < “Well, madam, I saw that wood over there by the gate as I came in.” - >./. ' EXPLAINING THE CHANGE. “Glad to ; see ye, sirglad to see ye!” exclaimed the host. “Why, it must belet me think—ten years since you came to our parts.” ..i “Yes; times change, eh?” replied the old gentleman, meditatively. '/•:/• - “They do, sir,” replied his host. “But you don’t seem to* suffer from that complaint. Your wife’s changed more’n you, if I may say so.” “Indeed!” said the old man. “Ah, she looks thinner than when she was here last. Used to beplump. Grown a bit taller, too, ain’t she? Afraid she’s not in the same health, sir. She’s not the; same complexion ” “In fact,” replied the old man, drily, “she’s not the same wife * / } SMILE RAISERS. “Did your brother have any luck when he was hunting tigers in India, John?” “Yes, sir, great luckhe never met any.”/ - “What does a billiard ball do when it stops rolling - . “I’ll give jit up.” - “Looks round, of course.” 1- ' ; : • / “What’s , the hardest thing about roller-skating when you’re learning?” asked a hesitating young man of a rink instructor. v, ‘ / ''■/ “The floor,” answered the . attendant. J ■' ' Husband ; “If a man stealsno matter what it is—he will live to regret it.”- // ' > ; -" *■ Wife: “During our courtship you used to steal kisses from me.” : . - •’* ' yi //- Husband: “Well, you heard 'what I said!” “Yes,” said Meekley, “I’m told that we’re going to move to Swamphurst.” “But,” said the old doctor, “the climate there may disagree with your wife.” ; “It wouldn’t dare ■ : /•' -V v ;;' “I don’t want my v hair brushed over my forehead any longer,” declared Harold/ “I want a crack in it like father’s.” ;*#***«*£^ ! /' V. U -First, Lady (to.. friend, who has ’just ridden across a field of young grass ,to ask directions of a farmer): 1 “Did he tell 1 you- where*to go?” Second Lady / ‘‘Yes, he did. And if you go over he’ll; tell you, too!”